Guardiola accepts Touré apology but hints recall may be a way off

Touré, right, has played one game under GuardiolaLennart Preiss/Bongarts/Getty Images

Pep Guardiola appeared to accept an apology from Yaya Touré yesterday although the Manchester City midfielder’s controversial agent remains at loggerheads with the club’s head coach.

The prospect of Touré, 33, playing for the club again does not look favourable despite an apparent thawing in the stand-off between Guardiola and, arguably, the most high-profile player that he inherited when he took over at the Etihad Stadium last summer.

The main source of contention between the parties dates back to August when Touré’s agent, Dimitri Seluk, launched a withering tirade against Guardiola after his decision to omit his client from City’s Champions League squad.

That left Guardiola demanding an apology from the player and his agent before he would consider recalling him to the City first…

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